Warsaw In Your Pocket - Old Town (Stare Miasto)

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When US General Dwight Eisenhower visited Warsaw immediately after the war he was moved to comment, I have seen many towns destroyed, but nowhere have I been faced with such destruction. Buried under twenty million cubic metres of rubble the city resembled a shattered shell; over half the population had been killed, and 85% of the city razed to the ground. The Old Town had been hit with particular Nazi efficiency, and by the time the Red Army rolled across the river it was little more than a smouldering heap of bricks. To their credit the Capital Reconstruction Bureau chose to rebuild the historic centre, a painstaking process that would last until 1962. Using pre-war sketches, paintings and photographs the Old Town was carefully rebuilt. Although its barely half a century old Warsaws historic quarter is an architectural miracle, and a breathing tribute to a city that refused to die.
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[1robnyc]

first he goes to an indian restaurant in Warsaw, then calls the old town "disneyland".. this guy is mad...

[klappahunda]

been there...really a wonderful city

[MrThorn88]

@1robnyc No he is just cretin

[MrThorn88]

@LizMisia i agree I would smash this fucker,He's completely out of taste

[LizMisia]

This guy pissed me off, "a circus show", who the hell is he to say that? How much history that one area has, I swear if I was beside him I'd knock him out.

Sorry but really defensive of my city.

[michalevo8]

przeciez ten koles z...bal Warszawska starowke, ze to nasz 'niby disneyland' i wyglada jak cyrk. Zalosne !!!

[ForeignLegion2009]

@mebula I agree with you...what the hell is this guy talking about? Disneyland? A sideshow? This guy is an idiot.

[mebula]

circus show? c'mon it's nothing compering to other cities... DisneyLand? seriously? do me a favor leave Warsaw alone U don't know what u're talking about...

[rahulthube2009]

very good vedio guide for tourists, thanks for upload

[glenar22]

As Warsaw citizen I thank You for a kind word :) Although I have to tell that Budapest is probably more beautifull with its old infrastructure untouched. Lengyel, magyar két jó barát. :)